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By PHILIP MARCELO Associated Press BOSTON (AP) — A tomahawk once owned by Chief Standing Bear, a pioneering Native American civil rights leader, is returning to his Nebraska tribe after decades in a museum at Harvard. The university’s Peabody Museum of Archaeology & Ethnology says it’s been working with members of the Ponca Tribe in Nebraska and Oklahoma to repatriate the artifact. Larry Wright, Jr., chairman of the Ponca Tribe of Nebraska, said Tuesday the return of ...

A tomahawk once owned by Chief Standing Bear, a pioneering Native American civil rights leader, is returning to his Nebraska tribe after decades in a museum at Harvard. The university’s Peabody Museum of Archaeology & Ethnology says it’s been working with members of the Ponca Tribe in Nebraska and Oklahoma to repatriate the artifact. Larry Wright, Jr., chairman of the Ponca Tribe of Nebraska, said Tuesday the return of the historic weapon is a powerful symbol of homecoming for the tribe, wh...

Standing Bear Descendant Calls For Tomahawk’s Immediate Return Following Harvard Announcement The gates leading to Harvard Yard at Harvard University in Cambridge, Mass., Thursday, Dec. 13, 2018. Charles Krupa / AP Share Brett Chapman On All Things Considered | July 6, 2021 Harvard University says it’s planning to repatriate a tomahawk belonging to 19th-century Native American civil rights pioneer Standing Bear. But there’s no set date for the tomahawk’s return, and a desc...

Updated July 6 Harvard returning tomahawk to Nebraska tribe A tomahawk once owned by Chief Standing Bear, a pioneering Native American civil rights leader, is being returned to the Ponca Tribe after decades in a museum at Harvard. By PHILIP MARCELOAssociated Press Share BOSTON — A tomahawk once owned by Chief Standing Bear, a pioneering Native American civil rights leader, is returning to his Nebraska tribe after decades in a museum at Harvard. The university’s Peabody Museum of Archaeolo...

Evening briefs in Indian Country Headlines from June 15, 2021 Author: Headlines from June 15, 2021 Happy Tuesday! Here’s a look at what’s happening: Dropping the ‘interim’ It’s official. Valerie Nurr’araaluk Davidson is dubbed president of the Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium Tuesday. Davidson, Yup’ik and an enrolled Tribal citizen of the Orutsararmiut Traditional Native Council, held the post of interim president for the Alaska Native health organization since March after...

1:30 The Neighborhood Network held outreach events at Sioux City’s three pools on Monday night. Families enjoyed free swimming, food, and met with members of the Sioux City Police Department. The event is normally held in January at the Long Lines Rec Center but was postponed and reimagined due to COVID. The Iowa Department of Public Health reported no new deaths due to complications of COVID-19 in the past 24-hours and 110 new cases. The 14-day positivity rate is is 1.9%, the same as it was ...

I have proclaimed that June is Blackberry Month in Arkansas and today I'd like to talk about a crowning blackberry achievement at the University of Arkansas's

TC Energy suspended construction in January when President Biden revoked a key permit. The controversial project was a major flashpoint in the debate over fossil fuels' role in climate change.

The program, Birdwatching for Beginners , will be held Friday night (6/11) at 5:30 starting at the Lake Springfield Boathouse. Take a camera or binoculars

TC Energy, the company behind the Keystone XL pipeline, has said it has "terminated" the project.